Love-at-arms: being a narrative excerpted from the chronicles of Urbino, during the dominion of the high and mighty Messer Guidobaldo da Montefeltro

Credits: Rafael Sabatini (author)

Summary

Early in the sixteenth century, in the hill country of Urbino under Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, a young lord makes a vow, a fortress is besieged, and love and feud grow tangled. Rafael Sabatini's romance of swordplay and honour, 1907.

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Chapters (25)

  1. 1. Vox Populi
  2. 2. On a Mountain Path
  3. 3. Sackcloth and Motley
  4. 4. Monna Valentina
  5. 5. Gian Maria
  6. 6. The Amorous Duke
  7. 7. Gonzaga the Insidious
  8. 8. Among the Dregs of Wine
  9. 9. The “Tratta Di Corde”
  10. 10. The Braying of an Ass
  11. 11. Wandering Knights
  12. 12. The Fool's Inquisitiveness
  13. 13. Gian Maria Makes a Vow
  14. 14. Fortemani Drinks Water
  15. 15. The Mercy of Francesco
  16. 16. Gonzaga Unmasks
  17. 17. The Enemy
  18. 18. Treachery
  19. 19. Plot and Counterplot
  20. 20. The Lovers
  21. 21. The Penitent
  22. 22. A Revelation
  23. 23. In the Armoury Tower
  24. 24. The Interrupted Mass
  25. 25. The Capitulation of Roccaleone

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